Azure Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Azure
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 20 11
Rank change year-on-year +10 -9 +3
Contract jobs citing Azure 156 64 60
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 14.14% 10.06% 12.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.50% 32.82% 38.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 48 44
10th Percentile £400 £289 £403
25th Percentile £450 £338 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £442 £516
Median % change year-on-year +17.35% -14.33% -13.45%
75th Percentile £638 £521 £617
90th Percentile £675 £561 £645
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £506
% change year-on-year +5.26% -6.13% -8.00%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South Yorkshire

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 416 195 155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 37.72% 30.66% 33.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 149 102
10th Percentile £353 £292 £255
25th Percentile £447 £355 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £470 £507
Median % change year-on-year +9.57% -7.30% -15.50%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £588
90th Percentile £688 £607 £638
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £21.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.26%
75th Percentile - - £22.00
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £29.50 £91.69 £21.00
% change year-on-year -67.83% +336.62% -1.20%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Azure job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 26 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in South Yorkshire

Azure
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 26 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sheffield +6 150 £523 +18.26% 20
Doncaster -8 1 - - 4
Azure
Yorkshire

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 14 (8.97%) Confluence
2 11 (7.05%) Apache Spark
3 9 (5.77%) SharePoint
4 6 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (3.21%) Apache
6 4 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (2.56%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.64%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 74 (47.44%) AWS
2 67 (42.95%) GCP
3 32 (20.51%) GitHub
4 29 (18.59%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (12.82%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (12.18%) Entra ID
7 16 (10.26%) Power Platform
8 14 (8.97%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (4.49%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 6 (3.85%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (3.85%) OpenShift
10 6 (3.85%) Serverless
11 5 (3.21%) PowerApps
12 4 (2.56%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (1.92%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (1.92%) Azure Storage
13 3 (1.92%) LangSmith
13 3 (1.92%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.69%) Network Security
2 8 (5.13%) DNS
2 8 (5.13%) Firewall
3 4 (2.56%) SAN
4 3 (1.92%) Kerberos
4 3 (1.92%) NAS
5 2 (1.28%) LAN
5 2 (1.28%) Multicast
5 2 (1.28%) VPN
5 2 (1.28%) VSAN
5 2 (1.28%) WAN
6 1 (0.64%) DHCP
6 1 (0.64%) Intranet
6 1 (0.64%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.97%) SQL Server
2 12 (7.69%) Big Data
2 12 (7.69%) Power BI
3 7 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (3.85%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (3.85%) Data Lake
4 6 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (3.21%) Neo4j
6 4 (2.56%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (2.56%) Delta Lake
6 4 (2.56%) Redis
6 4 (2.56%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.56%) Trino
7 3 (1.92%) Metadata
7 3 (1.92%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.92%) Spark SQL
8 2 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.64%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.64%) Couchbase
9 1 (0.64%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 34 (21.79%) Jenkins
2 23 (14.74%) JIRA
3 13 (8.33%) Git
4 8 (5.13%) GitLab
4 8 (5.13%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (2.56%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.92%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (1.92%) Fiddler
7 2 (1.28%) Gatling
7 2 (1.28%) JMeter
7 2 (1.28%) Maven
7 2 (1.28%) MSBuild
7 2 (1.28%) Postman
7 2 (1.28%) Selenium
7 2 (1.28%) Terragrunt
7 2 (1.28%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.64%) Gradle
8 1 (0.64%) JUnit
8 1 (0.64%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.64%) SoapUI
General
1 57 (36.54%) Social Skills
2 56 (35.90%) Finance
3 20 (12.82%) Banking
4 15 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.13%) Financial Institution
6 6 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (3.85%) Law
7 5 (3.21%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.56%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.28%) Billing
10 2 (1.28%) Legal
11 1 (0.64%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (19.23%) Lead
2 23 (14.74%) Architect
2 23 (14.74%) DevOps Engineer
3 12 (7.69%) Developer
4 9 (5.77%) Consultant
4 9 (5.77%) Security Engineer
5 8 (5.13%) Cloud Architect
5 8 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
6 7 (4.49%) Analyst
6 7 (4.49%) Cloud Engineer
6 7 (4.49%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 7 (4.49%) Data Engineer
6 7 (4.49%) Lead DevOps
6 7 (4.49%) Lead DevOps Engineer
6 7 (4.49%) Platform Engineer
6 7 (4.49%) Senior
7 6 (3.85%) .NET Developer
7 6 (3.85%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
7 6 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (3.85%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (28.21%) Terraform
2 22 (14.10%) REST
3 13 (8.33%) Kafka
4 11 (7.05%) .NET
5 9 (5.77%) ASP.NET
5 9 (5.77%) SailPoint
6 8 (5.13%) AngularJS
6 8 (5.13%) JSON
6 8 (5.13%) OAuth
7 7 (4.49%) .NET Core
7 7 (4.49%) OpenID
7 7 (4.49%) React
7 7 (4.49%) Web Services
8 6 (3.85%) PySpark
8 6 (3.85%) SAML
8 6 (3.85%) Spring
8 6 (3.85%) Spring Boot
9 5 (3.21%) LDAP
9 5 (3.21%) SLSA
10 4 (2.56%) FIDO
Miscellaneous
1 31 (19.87%) Cloud Native
2 18 (11.54%) Data Protection Act
2 18 (11.54%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (6.41%) Onboarding
4 8 (5.13%) AI Agents
4 8 (5.13%) Data Centre
5 7 (4.49%) Product Ownership
6 6 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (3.21%) Public Cloud
7 5 (3.21%) Replication
7 5 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.56%) Enterprise Storage
8 4 (2.56%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.92%) Blog
9 3 (1.92%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.92%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.92%) EMC VMAX
9 3 (1.92%) EMC VNX
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.33%) Linux
2 12 (7.69%) Windows
3 11 (7.05%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.56%) Data ONTAP
5 3 (1.92%) AIX
5 3 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.28%) Android
6 2 (1.28%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.28%) CoreOS
6 2 (1.28%) VMS
7 1 (0.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (50.64%) CI/CD
2 77 (49.36%) DevOps
3 49 (31.41%) Cybersecurity
4 38 (24.36%) Infrastructure as Code
4 38 (24.36%) Observability
5 30 (19.23%) AI
5 30 (19.23%) DevSecOps
6 29 (18.59%) Platform Engineering
7 28 (17.95%) Analytics
8 26 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 24 (15.38%) Agile
9 24 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
10 22 (14.10%) Containerisation
11 21 (13.46%) Microservices
12 20 (12.82%) Cloud Security
12 20 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (12.82%) Data Protection
12 20 (12.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 20 (12.82%) Test Automation
13 19 (12.18%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 49 (31.41%) Python
2 32 (20.51%) SQL
3 31 (19.87%) Java
4 19 (12.18%) PowerShell
5 11 (7.05%) Bash
6 10 (6.41%) C#
7 9 (5.77%) Shell Script
8 8 (5.13%) Groovy
9 5 (3.21%) Bicep
9 5 (3.21%) JavaScript
10 4 (2.56%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.92%) Go
11 3 (1.92%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.64%) Cypher
12 1 (0.64%) Scala
12 1 (0.64%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.64%) X++
Qualifications
1 10 (6.41%) Degree
2 9 (5.77%) AWS Certification
3 8 (5.13%) Azure Certification
4 7 (4.49%) CISSP
5 6 (3.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 6 (3.85%) CCSP
5 6 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (3.21%) CCSK
6 5 (3.21%) CISM
6 5 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.92%) NCDA
7 3 (1.92%) NCIE
7 3 (1.92%) Security Cleared
7 3 (1.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.64%) RHCA
8 1 (0.64%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.05%) QA
2 8 (5.13%) NIST
3 6 (3.85%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.92%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.28%) GDPR
5 2 (1.28%) GRC
5 2 (1.28%) PMO
6 1 (0.64%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.64%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.64%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (21.15%) Docker
2 24 (15.38%) Active Directory
3 7 (4.49%) Hyper-V
3 7 (4.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (2.56%) vSphere
6 3 (1.92%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 3 (1.92%) NFS
6 3 (1.92%) SRDF
6 3 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.64%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 1 (0.64%) Ceph
7 1 (0.64%) KVM
7 1 (0.64%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 59 (37.82%) Kubernetes
2 22 (14.10%) Ansible
3 13 (8.33%) Grafana
3 13 (8.33%) Prometheus
4 6 (3.85%) Kustomize
5 5 (3.21%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (2.56%) SnapMirror
6 4 (2.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 3 (1.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.92%) Argo
7 3 (1.92%) EMC VPLEX
7 3 (1.92%) Packer
8 2 (1.28%) EMC NetWorker
8 2 (1.28%) NetBackup
8 2 (1.28%) SnapVault
8 2 (1.28%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.64%) Istio
9 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.64%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.64%) WMI
Vendors
1 50 (32.05%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.90%) Databricks
3 9 (5.77%) CyberArk
4 8 (5.13%) Google
5 7 (4.49%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.49%) Splunk
5 7 (4.49%) VMware
6 6 (3.85%) Centrify
6 6 (3.85%) Cisco
6 6 (3.85%) Red Hat
7 4 (2.56%) NetApp
7 4 (2.56%) Okta
7 4 (2.56%) OpenAI
7 4 (2.56%) Palo Alto
7 4 (2.56%) Veeam
8 3 (1.92%) 3PAR
8 3 (1.92%) Brocade
8 3 (1.92%) Dell
8 3 (1.92%) EMC
8 3 (1.92%) IBM